Wool

Wool

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64), same color only
Tool
Blast resistance	0.8
Hardness	0.8
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes

Wool is a block obtained from sheep that can be dyed in any of the 16 different colors, which are white, orange, magenta, light blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black. Unlike certain blocks such as terracotta, there exists no undyed wool variant (even the white wool doesn't count as an undyed wool variant).

Occurrence

Natural generation

All wool colors (except magenta, pink, and purple) generate naturally as part of structures within woodland mansions.

White and yellow wool generate in shepherd houses, fletcher houses, and meeting points in plains villages.

White wool generates as woolen tents in pillager outposts.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default
blocks/white_wool	White Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/orange_wool	Orange Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/magenta_wool	Magenta Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/light_blue_wool	Light Blue Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/yellow_wool	Yellow Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/lime_wool	Lime Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/pink_wool	Pink Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/gray_wool	Gray Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/light_gray_wool	Light Gray Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/cyan_wool	Cyan Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/blue_wool	Blue Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/purple_wool	Purple Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/green_wool	Green Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/brown_wool	Brown Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/red_wool	Red Wool	1 (100%)
blocks/black_wool	Black Wool	1 (100%)

From mob loot

Using shears on an adult sheep yields 1-3 wool. If unshorn, sheep drop 1 wool upon death. The wool dropped is the same color as the sheep. The drop rates are not affected by the Fortune or Looting enchantments.

White, light gray, gray, black, brown, and (rarely) pink wool can be found naturally on sheep. Getting a sheep of a different color requires dyeing the sheep.

From chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Black Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	33%
Bedrock Edition
Black Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	33%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
White Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–8	55.8%
Bedrock Edition
White Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–8	55.8%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Light Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Light Gray Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Brown Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%
Bedrock Edition
Brown Wool	Village	Shepherd's chest	1–3	23.3%

Recipes

From crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
White Wool	String
Dyed Wool	White Wool + Matching Colored Dye		‌[Java Edition only]
Wool	Any Wool + Matching Dye		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
White Wool	Any Dyed Wool + Bleach		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Any Wool + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

From trading

In Bedrock Edition, apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a 50% chance to sell one colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a ¹⁄₃₂ (3.125%) chance of being offered.

In Java Edition, apprentice-level Shepherd villagers have a ²⁄₇ chance of selling one or two colored wool for an emerald, giving each wool color a ¹⁄₅₆ (roughly 1.786%) chance of being offered.

Usage

Info

Wool blocks are weak, highly flammable, and offer little resistance against explosions. Their primary usage is as a decorative block.

Breaking

Wool can be broken using any tool, but shears are the fastest tool to use.

Block	Wool
Hardness	0.8
Breaking time
Default	1.25
Shears	0.25

Block loot

Wool drops itself when broken with the correct tool if any is assigned. Refer to § From block loot for more information.

Trading

Novice-level Shepherd villagers offer to buy 18 wool for an emerald, with the color being sold chosen randomly from white, gray, brown, or black.‌^{[BE only]}

Novice-level Shepherd villagers offer to buy 18 wool for an emerald, with the color being sold chosen randomly from white, gray, brown, or black. The villager has a ³⁄₄ chance of offering the trade again with a different color.‌^{[JE only]}

Note blocks

Wool blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce guitar sounds.‌

Crafting ingredient

Any color of wool or wood can be used for paintings but it has no effect on the product's final appearance.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Banner	Matching Wool + Stick
Bed	Matching Wool + Any Planks		Wool color must match. Planks do not need to match.
Carpet	Matching Wool	3333333333333333
Painting	Stick + Any Wool

Fuel

In Java Edition, wool can be used as fuel in furnaces and their variants, smelting 0.5 items per wool block.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.cloth.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.cloth.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.cloth.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.cloth.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.cloth.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Breaking the block	?	?	0.8
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	?	?	?
?	Mining the block	?	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	?	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	?	?	?
?	Walking on the block	?	?	?
?	Placing the block	?	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
White Wool	white_wool	wool	block.minecraft.white_wool
Orange Wool	orange_wool	wool	block.minecraft.orange_wool
Magenta Wool	magenta_wool	wool	block.minecraft.magenta_wool
Light Blue Wool	light_blue_wool	wool	block.minecraft.light_blue_wool
Yellow Wool	yellow_wool	wool	block.minecraft.yellow_wool
Lime Wool	lime_wool	wool	block.minecraft.lime_wool
Pink Wool	pink_wool	wool	block.minecraft.pink_wool
Gray Wool	gray_wool	wool	block.minecraft.gray_wool
Light Gray Wool	light_gray_wool	wool	block.minecraft.light_gray_wool
Cyan Wool	cyan_wool	wool	block.minecraft.cyan_wool
Purple Wool	purple_wool	wool	block.minecraft.purple_wool
Blue Wool	blue_wool	wool	block.minecraft.blue_wool
Brown Wool	brown_wool}	wool	block.minecraft.brown_wool}
Green Wool	green_wool	wool	block.minecraft.green_wool
Red Wool	red_wool	wool	block.minecraft.red_wool
Black Wool	black_wool	wool	block.minecraft.black_wool

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Wool	wool	35	?

Block data

See also: Bedrock Edition data values

In Bedrock Edition, wool uses the following data values:

	Data value		Description	Color Code
	Dec	Hex		old	new
	0	0x0	White wool	#DDDDDD	#E9ECEC
	1	0x1	Orange wool	#DB7D3E	#F07613
	2	0x2	Magenta wool	#B350BC	#BD44B3
	3	0x3	Light blue wool	#6B8AC9	#3AAFD9
	4	0x4	Yellow wool	#B1A627	#F8C627
	5	0x5	Lime wool	#41AE38	#70B919
	6	0x6	Pink wool	#D08499	#ED8DAC
	7	0x7	Gray wool	#404040	#3E4447
	8	0x8	Light gray wool	#9AA1A1	#8E8E86
	9	0x9	Cyan wool	#2E6E89	#158991
	10	0xA	Purple wool	#7E3DB5	#792AAC
	11	0xB	Blue wool	#2E388D	#35399D
	12	0xC	Brown wool	#4F321F	#724728
	13	0xD	Green wool	#35461B	#546D1B
	14	0xE	Red wool	#963430	#A12722
	15	0xF	Black wool	#191616	#141519

Block states

See also: Block states

In Bedrock Edition, wool use the following block states:

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
color	white	white
		orange
		magenta
		light_blue
		yellow
		lime
		pink
		gray
		silver
		cyan
		purple
		blue
		brown
		green
		red
		black

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Rainbow Collection	Gather all 16 colors of wool.	All the colors of wool do not have to be in the inventory at the same time, but must have been picked up by the player once.	30G	Silver

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding multiple colors of cloth.
0.0.20a					Added cloth in 16 different color shades.
					Cloth has white, light gray, gray, 12 colors from the hue cycle, with an additional purple.
					They used the breaking sounds of grass.
0.28					Added sheep, which drop white cloth.
					Gray cloth is now darker.[verify]
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100201-1			Cloth can now be crafted using nine string.
20100212-1					Sheep now drop white, gray, and light gray cloth.
20100218					Cloth can now be used to craft armor.
20100223					Cloth is now used to craft paintings.
					Sheep now drop only gray cloth.
Java Edition Infdev
20100624					All cloth colors have now been removed, except white cloth.
					Sheep now drop white cloth instead of gray.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8					The crafting recipe of cloth/leather armor has now been changed from cloth to leather.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Cloth is now called "wool", shown in the newly-introduced item tooltips.
1.2					Re-added colored wool with a new spectrum.
					Added 16 dyes; white sheep can now be dyed by using on them while holding any dye.
					Light gray, gray, and black sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool.
					Brown wool are currently impossible obtain in the game without hacks.
1.3					Wool is now used to craft beds.
1.4					Brown and pink sheep now rarely spawn, dropping the corresponding colored wool making that brown wool to obtain in the game without hacks.
1.6.6					The crafting recipe of wool has now been changed, reducing the amount of string required from 9 to 4 pieces.
1.7					Added shears, to shear sheep without hurting them, dropping 2-4 wool.
					Sheep no longer drop wool when hit, albeit they drop one wool when being killed when they are unsheared.
1.8		Pre-release			Villages now generate with lamp posts containing black wool.
Java Edition
1.1		11w49a			Sheep now graze grass blocks and eat grass to regain their wool, keeping the color they had before shearing.
					As a counterbalance, shearing sheep now yields 1-3 wool instead of 2-4.
1.2.4					The saturation of wool has now been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
1.3.1		12w21a			54 orange wool and 1 blue wool now naturally generate as part of desert temples.
					Wool of any color can now be sold to farmer villagers, at 14–21 wool for 1 emerald.
1.6.1		13w16a			Wool is now used to craft carpets.
1.8		14w02a			Trading has now been changed: shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color. Farmer villagers no longer trade wool.
		14w03a			Desert temples now generate with stained clay instead of wool.
		14w30a			Wool is now used to craft banners.
1.11		16w33a			Wool can now be used to fuel furnaces.
		16w39a			Various wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
		16w44a			White wool is now called "White Wool" rather than just "Wool".
1.12		January 23, 2017			Jeb tweets a preview of changes to the wool color palette, adding that "the texture itself may need work."
		January 27, 2017			Jeb tweets another screenshot of further changes to the wool colors, alongside the new concrete blocks. "The noise needs some tweaking," he adds.
		17w06a			The color spectrum has been changed for a second time, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
		17w17a			Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
1.13		17w47a			The different block states for the wool ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 35.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added 12 colors of wool.
0.2.0					Added black wool.
					The ability to shear sheep has been added, which drops wool.
0.3.0					Added orange and magenta wool.
0.4.0					Added white wool.
					A crafting recipe for wool has now been added.
					Wool is now used to craft beds.
0.5.0					Wool is now used to craft paintings.
0.8.0		build 2			The saturation of wool has now been tweaked, making wool blocks slightly darker than before.
					Red wool can now be used to craft red carpets.
0.9.0		build 1			Black wool now naturally spawns in villages.
					The remaining carpet colors can now be crafted using wool.
0.9.3					Wool now has smooth lighting.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Shepherd villagers now buy 16–22 white wool for 1 emerald. They also sell 1 wool for 1–2 emeralds, 1 offer for each color.
1.1.0		January 27, 2017			Jeb tweets a picture of new wool textures beside the concrete blocks mentioning that they are a work in progress for Pocket Edition 1.1.
		alpha 1.1.0.0			The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
					Added beds in 16 colors. As a result, the wool has to match in order for the bed to be crafted.
					Various wool colors now generate within structures inside woodland mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Wool can now used to craft banners.
		beta 1.2.0.7			Any color of wool can now be dyed.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Bleach can now be used to make colored wool turn into white wool.
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Regular "Wool" has now been renamed to "White Wool".
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Wool now generates in plains villages and pillager outpost tents.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Wool can now be found in village shepherd chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has now been changed, shepherd villagers now have a 1⁄32 (3.125%) chance to sell one of 16 colored wool for an emerald.
					Shepherd villagers now have a 25% chance to buy 18 white wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 gray wool for an emerald, a 25% chance to buy 18 black wool for an emerald, and a 25% chance to buy 18 brown wool for an emerald as part of their first tier trades.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Wool can now be used to play the guitar, if they are under note blocks.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added wool.
TU9					Sheep can now regrow their wool by eating grass or tall grass.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	The color spectrum has been changed, resulting in new textures for all wool and wool-related items.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added wool.

Issues

Issues relating to "Wool" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In Bedrock Edition, the data values for wool and their respective dyes are the inverse of each other. This is also true for stained glass, terracotta, shulker boxes, beds, banners, concrete powder, and concrete.
• White wool can be mixed with bone meal when crafting, but it only consumes the bone meal and has no effect.^[verify]

Gallery

• 

  A zombie holding a piece of wool.

• 

  The four iterations of the wool block.

• 

  A pile of wool generated in a woodland mansion.

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  Naturally occurring black wool with torches on it (pre-Village & Pillage).

References

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